Come to the dark side, Luke- Andrew Collins

Before I directly address the question, I think that it is important to realize that many of us define our morals by what our rules tell us to do, whether laws or religion or the like. However, those are rules made by others, and almost everyone has morals that delineate themselves from the morals imposed on us by outside sources.

No, I do not believe in absolute good and evil, at least by means of characterizing a person. While a very specific action may be defined as good or evil, the sum of a person's actions cannot be used to define them as a good or evil person. I believe that if a specific action has ZERO negative consequences for any other individual, including the person that committed the action, it can be defined as inherently good.

For example, while someone who took the money in the wallet for themselves may be considered "evil", that is just one evil action. If that person were to commit a "good" action, such as donating that money to a charity, then it would be improper to say that that person was an evil person, seeing as they are perfectly capable of committing acts of good.

Due to human nature, there will always be a struggle between good and bad deeds, although those deeds may not always be traceable back to a decidedly "good" or "evil" person. Unfortunately, all we can hope is that the acts of selflessness and kindness will outweigh the acts of hatred and war.